Fern pushed a chair out of the way and ran outdoors. The grass was wet and the earth smelled of spring time. Fern's shoes were wet by the time she caught up with her father.

"Please don't kill it! " she cried. "It's unfair."

Mr Arable stopped walking. "Fern," he said gently, "you will have to learn to control yourself."

"Control myself?" shouted Fern. "This is a matter of life and death, and you talk about controlling myself. " Tears ran down her cheeks and she took hold of the ax and tried to pull it out of her father's hand to stop him killing the poor little pig.

"Fern," said Mr Arable, "I know more about raising a litter of pigs than you do. A weak thing makes trouble. Now run along! "

"But it's unfair," cried Fern. "The pig couldn't help being born small, could it? If I had been very small at birth, would you have killed me?"

Mr Arable smiled. "Certainly not," he said, looking down at his daughter with love. "But this is different. A little girl is one thing, a little runty pig is another."

"I see no difference," replied Fern, still hanging on to the ax. "This is the most terrible case of murderer I have ever heard of."

A strange look came over John Arable's face. He seemed almost ready to cry himself. "All right," he said. "You go back to the house and I will bring the runt（發(fā)育不全的矮小動物）when I come in. I'll let you start it on a bottle, like a baby. Then you'll see what trouble a pig can be. "

1.This passage would most likely be found in a book of ________.

A.novel B.travel C.nature D.history

2.The underline word "ax" in the passage means“

A.something to keep the pig alive B.something to help the weak little pig

C.something to kill the little pig D.something to stop Mr Arable

3.Why did Fern say "it's unfair" once more to her father?

A.Fern thought it was a big trouble to raise a small pig like this.

B.Fern thought nobody could choose to be strong or weak at birth.

C.If Fern had been small at birth, Mr Arable would be sure to kill her.

D.If the pig was born small, Mr Arable would go on raising it to be strong.

4.It can be inferred from the passage that Fern was________.

A.shy B.brave C.kind—hearted D.patient

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